Step I Timing

[Abacus1050]

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I tend to be a slow test taker. I have had no trouble with timing on Qbank or NBME. Is it safe to assume that this will translate into good timing on the real thing?

 

[Haku]

I tend to be a slow test taker. I have had no trouble with timing on Qbank or NBME. Is it safe to assume that this will translate into good timing on the real thing?

I have another question in regards to timing, like on qbank is there a countdown timer on the screen for the actual test? And how do you know that you haven't gone over your maximum break time? Thanks...

 

[lord_jeebus]

I had a lot of variability on the real thing, unlike QBank (I don't remember how my NBME timing went).

The issue was 0-3 random questions each section that ate up a lot of my time. I would suggest marking and returning to any question that takes over 90 seconds.

Overall I used more time than I would need for QBank, but I was also more thorough than usual.